Question in regards to debugging programs that use libstdc++-v3...(exceptions & gdb)

[George T. Talbot]

I've been using libstdc++-v3 for quite a while now and I have a question for
the developers of same:

Do you use Linux & GDB to debug your programs?  If so, do you ever run into
something like this:

(gdb) bt
#0  0x4029076e in pthread_handle_sigrestart (sig=32, ctx={gs = 0, __gsh = 0,
      fs = 0, __fsh = 0, es = 43, __esh = 0, ds = 43, __dsh = 0,
      edi = 3202285892, esi = 1078558464, ebp = 3202285828, esp = 3202285800,
      ebx = 3202285892, edx = 3202350760, ecx = 8, eax = 4294967292,
      trapno = 16, err = 0, eip = 1077747214, cs = 35, __csh = 0,
      eflags = 646, esp_at_signal = 3202285800, ss = 43, __ssh = 0,
      fpstate = 0x0, oldmask = 2147483648, cr2 = 0}) at pthread.c:680
#1  <signal handler called>
#2  0x403d1e0e in __sigsuspend (set=0xbedf0144)
    at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sigsuspend.c:48
#3  0x40291d14 in __pthread_lock (lock=0x40493934, self=0xbedffe60)
    at restart.h:32
#4  0x4028f13b in __pthread_mutex_lock (mutex=0x40493924) at mutex.c:84
#5  0x4048368f in find_fde (pc=0x80abad8) at ../../gcc/frame.c:626
#6  0x4034660b in throw_helper (eh=0x80a6f00, pc=0x402888c0,
    my_udata=0x401845e8, offset_p=0x401794c7)
   from /usr/local/libstdc++/lib/libstdc++.so.3
(gdb)

In my program I've set ulimit -s 64 to try to track down another problem, but
the problem I get into every time I try to debug a program with exceptions in
it is that GDB craps out when one tries to use "bt".  It seems like exception
handling can confuse the debugger pretty good.

Do you folks run into this problem, or do you have a patch for it, or am I
just nuts?
--
George T. Talbot
<george at moberg dot com>